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New product launch coming soon - BlueBox

Here's more about the new product we're launching soon. It's called BlueBox

Our R&D team have been working on this for a while now,
it’s new, it's blue, and of course it's innovative.

The BlueBox is an
above ground partial water treatment system. It's designed to provide an
alternative to costly and inconvenient ground works and to eliminate excavation for the installation of interceptors and tanks. It’s a totally
surface mounted system that can replace the need for an interceptor, and can be used in
conjunction with the Morclean wash pad, or your own wash pad, and where water is discharged to a
mains foul drain

Here's what the BlueBox is about...

Normally

On a vehicle wash you have to have (by law) one of these; it's called an interceptor

Size

They can be between 2 and 6CuM3 (cubic Meters), so they're pretty big.

You can either

Dig a big hole and install in the ground, but this is costly - and no-one wants to dig holes.

Plus

If you move site you have to leave it behind, it's concreted in and won't budge

You canleave above ground interceptors on the surface, but they are ugly and big. Imagine your prestigious garage or a sleek building with an ugly tank stuck outside....

So. We've developed

A new system, it's inside a blue box, just like the image below

Inside

Inside this box there's a system that replaces the need for an interceptor as described above. The overall dims of the box are just 2M M square and finished in a nice colour - blue, with the Morclean brand name on. It can be lifted onto site ready to use. The BlueBoxtakes water from the wash pad, without the need for a sump or any holes in the ground, and it pumps out the water ready to discharge to a mains foul drain

So here's a layman's terms summary

A traditional interceptor;

Someone has to dig a hole

Someone also has to back fill and install

There's dirt and mess

You have to leave it behind

It's a builders job

And, may not be your land

You'll have to leave it behind if you move

It's hassle, lot's of hassle

But here's an alternative, the new BlueBox

Totally surface mounted

Zero dig

No mess

No excavation

You can take it with you

You can fit it in minutes

It looks good

It's in a box. A blue box

So what's the cost

Interceptors are pretty cheap, we can sell a 3 Cum3 wash bay interceptor (3000ltrs) for about £1200, ex works ex Vat - but it's the cost of installation that makes it less than viable. This varies site to site but the builder's works could easily be £3000 to £5000 ex Vat. You'll be able to contact us soon for up to date prices when we launch the new BlueBox range

Remember

We can't help you with the quote for the installation, we're not builders, there's no typical price so it depends on site conditions, how much concrete is needed etc so it's really difficult for our customers because most people want a one stop shop

Solution

We quote a fixed price for the surface mounted BlueBox and you take it away

The Law

And remember it's law to have one, the EA's PPG13 Guidelines will tell you this and you can find a copy here